Improvement in adjustable seats for vehicles



A that it ban readily RICHARD E. .Tonus or coitDsoimuerr,lNourrilcARor-JINA.4

Letters Patent No. 113,060, dated Marchv 28'y 1871.

iMPRovr-:MENT IN'AoJusTAeL'E SEATS FOR VEHICLES.

'The ySchedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of,the same.

To all whom/lit may concern l p Y Be it known'that I, RICHARD E. Joimspof Goldsborough, in the county loflVayne and State'of NorthCarolina, have in'vented certain new and useful Imy provements inAdjustable Seats'for Vehicles; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is afull,`clear, and exact description of the same,rreferencebeing had to the accompanying `drawing and to the letters of referencemarked thereon making part of this speciiication, in which- Figure l isa vertical sectional view of the carriage or buggy-body, with each oftheseats in position.

f Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view, with the front or hinged seatthrown down,`ieaving its supports or frame-work free to receive thejumping seat.

Figure 3 is a rear end view of the body with the jumping seat inposition, resting ou or. supported by the bed-piece or follower.

My improvement relates entirely to that class of carriage o1buggy-bodies in which is used or which is designed to be constructedwith what is 'termed the jumping-seat. By myimprovement, with the utmostfacility, the carriage or buggy can be changed from a single to adouble-seated vehicle, and which result is'faccomrplished by anarrangement of mechanism which is cheap and durable in its construction,and exceedingly simple and convenient in operation.

The nature of my linvention consists in hinging or so securing theordinary seat, cr what is the front seat 'of the vehicle when hejumping-seat is thrown back, to the frame-work, w ich supports .it insuch manner brought on a line parallelwith the bottom ofthe ve icle, aswhen desired to be used or throwrr down at' `ight\ angles thereto,furnishes a neat front-board for t e jumping-seat when the samevi\s\thrown forwarder only a single-seat vehicle is desired. This seatis`provided with folding arms, so arranged that when the seat is throwndown the arms shall oier no obstruction or in no manner prevent itsfalling in the vertical position required.

Y My invention also consists in providing the jumpingseat with standardsor arms, so arranged and secured. on its under'- face that when the seatis thrown back they will enter sockets or eye-'bolts on or connectedwith the lbed-piece or follower', and thereby furnish vertical supportsfor the seat. y l

' My invention also consists in so connecting this seat to the body bymeans of pivoted levers, that a freel jumping movement is secured,whereby the seat can l be thrown back and secured on the bed-piece, asstated,

or forwarded so as to rest on the ordinary seat-support.

The great advantage of my invention is found in the fact that it canreadilybe applied and used on the ordinary single-seat body, requiring,as it does, no enlargement of its dimensions to secure its successfuloperation;

and, asthe size of the bodyis not changed, the ordinary' length of thecoupling between the axles is not altered, but preserved, and,consequently, the draft is in no manner increased, except so -far as-itinvolves the carrying the actual weight of the seat and its 0peratingmechanism, which is usually not moreV than iifteenponnds. f l

To enable others skilled in the art tormake and use my invention, I willnow proceedto describe its construct-ion and operation.

' A represents the wagon, carriage, orVbuggy-body,

and about the construction of which there is'vnothing new.

The body Ais attached to the front axle inv thei usual style', 'and tothe rear axle by the rods B B vand hed-piece or follower B', thebed-piece resting on the f upper arch of the elliptic or other spring inthe ordinary manner.,

' These rods B B are constructed with sockets b b at their outer ends toreceive and secure the standards or supports of the jum ping-seat 5 or,if preferred, these may be dispensed with and socket-s may be .provideddirectly in the bed-piece B', or eye-bolts may be attached to thebed-piece,- either method being well adapted for the purpose designed.

G is the frame-support for the seat, and is constructedand secured at ornear the center oi' the body A; in the usual manner.

To the front cross-bar c of the frame O is attached,

by means of hinges C G', or other suitable hinge-conf nection, the seatD.

rlhis seat D may be of any desired style, and is pro? vided with arms D'D', so connected to the seat, by means of hinges d d, that they canreadily be folded when the seat is thrown in a vertical position asshown in g. 2.

E is the jumping seat, and is connected with the body A of the vehicleby means of levers or bars E E.

These levers are pivoted to both the seat and body, las clearly shown ate and c', figs. l and 2.

The Seat E may be the ordinary box-seat, such as 'is shown in thedrawing', or of any other desired form.

yF F are supports or standards, and are lrigidly attached on the' underface of the seat E.

These standards or supports F F terminate in a flanged prong or head, f,so recessed as to leave a shoulder, f', for the socket or eye b to butt'against when the prong or head is inserted therein, whereby thestandards F F are retained in position to properly support the seat E.

F' F are springs, secured on the lower end of the standard alongside ofitsV prong or head f, and, entering the sockets b with the prongs of thestandards, securely lock the same in position.

G is an open V shaped brace-rod or lever, itscpeu ands being secured onthe under face of the seat E, while .its angular face, which is slottedat g, passes )ver a button-headed bolt or pin, G', on the bed piece B'.

VOf course the various features herein described might be slightlyaltered, and some, indeed, dispensed with, such, for instance, as thesprings F' F and the brace-lever G, without, in the slightest degreeaffect- 'mg my invention.

The operationy is as follows:

The seats and theirentire operating mechanism are in position shown iniig. 1. The carriage or buggybody being now arranged as a double-seatedvehicle, the front seat D being in position and resting on and supportedby the frame-Work O, the rear orY jumping seat E being supported by thebrace-lever Gr and the standards F F, their pronged heads entering thesockets b b, and being securely locked therein by means of the springsF' F'.

To change the double ,into a single-seated vehicle you have simply toturn the arms D' Don the hinges d 'd toward the center of the seat andthen throw the seat D down, as shown in g. 2, it falling in averticalposition and forming a neat face or front for the framework C. Thisleaves the upper fa'e of the frame C free to receive the j nmping-seatE, which is now swung,

forward on the pivoted levers E' E', its standards Fv 11"4 having beenfirst withdrawn from the socket-s, which is easily done simplybypressing the springs F F' toward the prong or, head f, the standards F Fand brace-lever G falling` between the vertical uprights or side piecesofthe frame O. Y

Having thus fully described my invention, What I- claim therein as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The jumping seat E, standards F F, with springs F' F' attached,bed-piece B, and rods B B, and sockets b b, when the same are socombined and arranged as to operate substantially as described.

2. The `jumping-seat E, braceflever Gr, and bed-piece B', when the sameare combined and arranged substantially as described.

v3. ,The seat D, when the folding arms D D', and so hinged to the frameO as to operate substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses. RIOHD. E. JONES.

Witnesses Envmar JAMES,

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